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Windows 8 IRQL-NOT-LESS-OR-EQUAL

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We recently purchased a new Windows 8 Dell computer. It was working fine until about a week ago. It keeps shutting down & give us a wide variety of error messages. One of which is IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. Others we've received are DRIVE IRQL NOT LESS
OR EQUAL, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION & QUOTA-OVERFLOW. Argh!! We bought this new computer so we wouldn't have the computer problems that arise when you have an old computer. What do we do? Call an IT repairman? I would appreciate any advice I could
get. Note: We have installed no drivers. We have an AT&T mobile internet device that plugs into a USB port in the back of the computer. We also have an HDMI Cable. Right now it just keeps giving us this blue screen & shutting down over and over
again unless we unplug AT&T. We send the info needed back to Microsoft as requested, but have received no help.

The SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION bug check has a value of 0x0000003B. This indicates that an exception happened while executing a routine that transitions from non-privileged code to privileged code.

To see the cause I have to take a look at the dumps with the Debugging Tools for Windows.

Please start the Windows Explorer and go to the folder C:\Windows\Minidump. Next, copy the dmp files to your desktop, zip all dmp into 1 zip file and upload the zip file to your public Skydrive [1] folder and post a link here.

If you can't see dmp files, make sure your Windows is configured correctly [2][3] to generate dumps.

If you want to analyze them your own, check those videos [4][5] and read this KB article [6].

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The SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION bug check has a value of 0x0000003B. This indicates that an exception happened while executing a routine that transitions from non-privileged code to privileged code.

To see the cause I have to take a look at the dumps with the Debugging Tools for Windows.

Please start the Windows Explorer and go to the folder C:\Windows\Minidump. Next, copy the dmp files to your desktop, zip all dmp into 1 zip file and upload the zip file to your public Skydrive [1] folder and post a link here.

If you can't see dmp files, make sure your Windows is configured correctly [2][3] to generate dumps.

If you want to analyze them your own, check those videos [4][5] and read this KB article [6].

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